Tag: Historiography

What should LGBT History Month say about Empire?

By Onni Gust February 10, 2014 LGBTQ, United Kingdom 0 comments

Onni Gust Robert Baden-Powell, Cecil Rhodes and Lawrence of Arabia have three things in common: 1) They are all white and male- assigned; 2) They are all suspected to have harbored homosexual desires, and, in the case of Rhodes, to have had a male lover and partner; 3) They all […]

Are Historians of Sexuality Sexier than Other Historians?

By Julia Laite January 6, 2014 History of Sexuality 1 comment

Julia Laite Because there is a certain intimacy to writing for a blog, I feel there is a little more of myself that gets revealed in writing it than does when I am wearing my Journal Publications and Monograph hat. This has led me to reflect on some very important […]